Marshfield's Megan Donahue earns Division 1 player of year honor

Marshfield's Megan Donahue had a .592 batting average in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this spring and also was one of the top pitchers in league play as well.(Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin file photo)Buy Photo

WAUSAU - Marshfield's Megan Donahue earned a final postseason award for her stellar senior season and career with the Tigers.

The senior pitcher was named the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association player of the year and leads the collection of local talent recently selected to the all-state team.

Donahue is one of seven players named to either the first or second team for Large Schools (Divisions 1 and 2) and seven who earned the honor for the Small Schools (Divisions 3, 4 and 5). Five other local players earned honorable mention nods for either the Large or Small schools.

Donahue posted a 3.11 earned run average in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this spring and finished second in batting average in league play (.592) as well. She is joined on the first team by teammate Emily Drager, the Tigers catcher who had a .524 batting average in the WVC.

Stevens Point Area Senior High's Ally Miklesh, who shared the WVC player of the year honors with Donahue, also was named to the first team. Miklesh led the conference with a .628 batting average and a .686 on-base percentage.

Miklesh's teammates, Halle Pavelski and Sam Saloun, were both named to the second team along with Marshfield's Jenna Jakobi and Mosinee's Brooke Wierzbanowski.

Wierzbanowski, the Great Northern Conference player of the year, helped Mosinee reach the WIAA Division 2 state championship game.

Mosinee's Paige Wicklund and Sidney Gburek were both honorable mention selections, along with SPASH's Kayla Lass and Andrea Cherney.